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LZ Granderson
stated on September 28, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"

Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush.

By Lauren Carroll • September 28, 2014

John McCain
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview on CNN

"(Obama's) entire national security team, including his secretary of state, said we want to arm and train and equip (Syrian rebel forces), and he made the unilateral decision to turn them down."

By Steve Contorno • September 11, 2014

Jake Tapper
stated on July 29, 2014 comments on CNN

Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006."

By Derek Tsang • July 31, 2014

Stu Burguiere
stated on July 15, 2014 comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program

There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time."

By Derek Tsang • July 21, 2014

John Kerry
stated on July 20, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"

"The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media."

By Lauren Carroll • July 20, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices"

"By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."

By Molly O'Connor • June 20, 2014

Paul Ryan
stated on June 11, 2014 a speech

All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us."

June 19, 2014

Mike Rogers
stated on June 15, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"

"Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq.

By Steve Contorno • June 18, 2014

John McCain
stated on June 1, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"

The five Taliban detainees being released from Guantanamo in exchange for captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "are the hardest of the hard-core. These are the highest high-risk people."

By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2014

Chris Matthews
stated on March 3, 2014 a segment on "Hardball"

"The Russians didn’t wear uniforms when they came in" to Ukraine.

By Katie Sanders • March 4, 2014

Robert Gates
stated on January 13, 2014 an interview with NPR

On foreign policy, Joe Biden was against aid for Vietnam, said the fall of the Shah was "a step forward" for human rights in Iran, opposed Reagan's defense build-up and voted against the first Gulf War.

By Steve Contorno • January 16, 2014

Marco Rubio
stated on November 20, 2013 a speech at American Enterprise Institute

"The reason we have a national debt is not because of defense spending. What is driving our long-term debt are Medicare and Social Security programs."

By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2013

Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 7, 2013 a hearing

The U.S. Department of Defense spends $80 million a year on prostate cancer research, $25 million a year on ovarian cancer research and $150 million a year on breast cancer research.

By Eric Stirgus • November 19, 2013

Van Jones
stated on September 10, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"

The United Nations has conducted "172 successful peacekeeping missions and negotiations."

By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2013

Karl Rove
stated on September 8, 2013 a segment of 'Fox News Sunday'

"Before President Obama acted in Libya in 2011, the American people were opposed to military action by 35 to 60. After he took action, they were in support of it 54 to 43."

By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2013

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on September 2, 2013 a CNN interview

Says there's a "100-year-old international norm not to use chemical weapons."

By Becky Bowers • September 5, 2013

Peter King
stated on September 1, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"

"The House did vote against engagement in Kosovo, and Bill Clinton kept fighting anyway. And, then, ultimately, a vote did pass."

By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2013

Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on June 9, 2013 an interview on Face the Nation

The problem of unwanted sexual contacts in the military "is not just a woman's issue. More than half of the victims are men."

By Jon Greenberg • June 11, 2013

Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 23, 2013 an interview with MSNBC

"One in five" women in the military "are receiving unwanted sexual contact," as are "3.3 percent of men."

By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 the third presidential debate

Says Mitt Romney "just gave a speech a few weeks ago" and said "we should still have troops in Iraq."

By Katie Sanders • October 23, 2012

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